CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Harvard men's lacrosse team, ranked 12th in
the LaxNews Preseason poll, will play six home games and
face five teams which reached last year's NCAA tournament during
the upcoming 2010 season, according to an announcement made by John
Tillman, The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse.

In addition to the always challenging six-game Ivy League slate,
Harvard will play six other opponents, including Duke, a 2009 NCAA
Final Four team, and Massachusetts, who reached the NCAA postseason
as well. The Crimson is scheduled for six home games,
including four in Harvard Stadium, one of the nation's premier
lacrosse facilities. Harvard will also look to advance to the
Ivy League Tournament, a first for the Ancient Eight, which will be
held at the home field of the regular-season champion May
7-9. The winner of the tournament will receive the Ivy
League's automatic berth to the NCAA championship.

Harvard, which finished 8-5 and 3-3 in the Ivy League in 2009,
will open up the 2010 schedule by hosting Canisius at Cumnock Turf
Feb. 27. The Crimson will then hit the road for three
straight games at Georgetown March 3, at Holy Cross March 6 and at
Massachusetts March 13. Three days later, the Crimson will
begin a stretch of four home dates beginning with a non-conference
tilt against Colgate at Cumnock Turf March 16.

On March 20, Harvard will face Brown in the Ivy League opener,
scheduled to be held in Harvard Stadium. The team will
welcome Dartmouth March 27, before hosting Duke in a night game
April 2. Tillman and his squad visit Cornell, the 2009 NCAA
runner-up, April 10, followed by a game at Penn April 17. The
Crimson will close out its home slate by hosting Princeton for
Senior Day April 24, before finishing off the regular season at
archrival Yale May 1.

“The Ivy League schedule is always difficult, and I believe,
from top to bottom, it is the top conference in the country,”
Tillman said. “One of our goals every year is to play against
the best teams in the country. Our games against Colgate and
Canisius, two strong teams from upstate New York will be early
tests for us. In addition, our traditional New England rivalry
games against UMass and Holy Cross are always battles. Georgetown
is always a talented and well-coached team."

"We are also excited to welcome a team from the Atlantic Coast
Conference (Duke) to New England," Tillman continued. "Having
a team like Duke come to Boston is great for our program and the
growth of lacrosse in New England. The atmosphere in Harvard
Stadium that night should be terrific."